Donald Bisset

 ( 1910 Births ) 

Donald Bisset (30 August 1910 – 10 August 1995), was an English actor.

He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama'Guildhall School of Music', The Era, 26 June 1935, p.23. and made his first London appearance, in A Bride for the Unicorn, at the Westminster Theatre in July 1936.'The Westminster', The Stage, 9 July 1936, p.10.

He also wrote numerous stories for children, which he mostly illustrated himself. They have been translated into 16 languages.

• Murder in the Cathedral (1951) – First Priest
• Noose for a Lady (1953) – Superintendent Shelford
• The Brain Machine (1955) – Major Gifford, hospital superintendent
• Little Red Monkey (1955) – Editor Harris
• Up the Creek (1958) – Farm Labourer
• Broth of a Boy (1959) – Newcome
• The Headless Ghost (1959) – Guide
• Friends and Neighbours (1959) – Porter
• A Touch of Larceny (1959) – Club Member
• The Battle of the Sexes (1960) – Tobacconist
• Hide and Seek (1964) – Stranger on Platform
• Eye of the Devil (1966) – Rennard
• Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) – Flood
• Two a Penny (1967) – Dr Berman
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969) – Patient (uncredited)
• See No Evil (1971) – Doctor
• For the Love of Ada (1972) – Mr Chapman
• Clinic Exclusive (1972) – Chauffeur
• Nearest and Dearest (1972) – Vicar
• The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Gentleman of the Hunt (uncredited)
• Escape from the Dark (1976)
• Warlords of Atlantis (1978) – Professor Aitken
• The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) – Renfrew
• Ragtime (1981) – J P Morgan
• Little Dorrit (1987) – Enthusiastic Weighty Gentleman

• Anytime Stories, illus. by the author. London, Faber & Faber, 1954
• Some Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen & Co., 1957
• Next Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen & Co., 1959
• This Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1961
• Another Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1963
• Little Bear's Pony, illus. Shirley Hughes. London, Benn, 1966
• Hullo Lucy, illus. Gillian Kenny. London, Benn, 1967; as Hello Lucy!, Ernest Benn, 1969
• Talks With a Tiger, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1967
• Kangaroo Tennis, illus. B. S. Biro. London, Benn, 1968
• Benjie the Circus Dog, illus. Val Biro. London, Benn, 1969
• Nothing, illus. by the author. London, Benn, 1969
• Upside Down Land. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1969
• Time and Again Stories (selection of stories from Some Time Stories and This Time Stories), illus. by the author. London, London, Methuen, 1970
• Barcha the Tiger, illus. Derek Collard. London, Benn, 1971
• Tiger Wants More, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1971; as Ogg, illus. Amelia Rosato. Oxford University Press, 1987
• Yak and the Painted Cave, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1971
• Yak and the Sea Shell, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1971
• Yak and the Buried Treasure (from an idea by Susan Rutherford), illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1972
• Yak and the Ice Cream, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1972
• Father Tingtang's Journey, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1973
• Jenny Hopalong, illus. Derek Collard. Tonbridge & London, Benn, 1973
• Yak Goes Home, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1973
• The Adventures of Mandy Duck, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1974
• The Happy Horse, illus. David Sharpe. London, Benn, 1974
• Hazy Mountain, illus. Shirley Hughes. Harmondsworth, Kestrel Books, 1975
• 'Oh Dear', said Tiger, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1975
• Paws with Numbers, with Michael Morris, illus. Tony Hutchings. Maidenhead, Berks., Intercontinental Books, 1976
• Paws with Shapes, illus. Tony Hutchings. Maidenhead, Berks., Intercontinental Books, 1976
• The Lost Birthday, illus. by the author. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1976
• Journey to the Jungle, illus. by the author. London, Beaver Books, 1977
• The Story of Smokey Horse, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1977
• This is Ridiculous, illus. by the author. London, Beaver Books, 1977
• The Adventures of Yak, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1978
• What Time Is It, When it Isn't?, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1980
• Johnny Here and There, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1981
• The Hedgehog Who Rolled Uphill, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1982
• The Joyous Adventures of Snakey Boo, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1982
• Sleep Tight, Snakey Boo, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1985
• Upside Down Stories, with Alison Claire Darke. London, Puffin, 1987
• Just a Moment!, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1988
• Please Yourself. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1991